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About President Lewis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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President Brien Lewis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Brien Lewis became Transylvania University\u2019s 28th president on July 1, 2020. Lewis came to Transylvania after serving eight years as president of Catawba College, a private liberal arts institution in Salisbury, North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A native of Toronto, Canada, Lewis holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and student body president. He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto. After a career as an attorney and mediator, he moved into higher education as executive assistant to the president and business administration professor at Winthrop University in South Carolina. He became the founding dean of Winthrop\u2019s University College and then the university\u2019s vice president for university development and alumni relations before assuming the presidency at Catawba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His 20-year career in higher education has been marked by a commitment to the personal development of students and careful stewardship of the institutions he\u2019s served. At Catawba, Lewis oversaw an increase in undergraduate enrollment and improved first-year student retention; led two ambitious and successful fundraising campaigns, while increasing the college\u2019s endowment by 87%; and created new academic and athletic programs and improved the campus infrastructure to support them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lewis and his wife, Laura, have invested in their local communities while raising two children. Lewis has served on the boards of the United Way, the Crosby Scholars, the UNC Nutrition Research Institute, and the National Sports Media Association among other organizations. In Toronto and throughout his career, he has also acted in a number of student and community theater productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About President Lewis Brien Lewis became Transylvania University\u2019s 28th president on July 1, 2020. Lewis came to Transylvania after serving eight years as president of Catawba College, a private liberal arts institution in Salisbury, North Carolina. A native of Toronto, Canada, Lewis holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and<\/p>\n

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